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My name is Hallan Turrek. This is my blog.

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Stamina

Spike: In terms of a plan?
Angel: We fight.
Spike: Bit more specific.
Angel: Well, personally, I kind of want to slay the dragon.
Angel

So, a Hurricane, Vexor, and Thorax are on scan. I'm in a Rifter. I know the Thorax pilot from an earlier conversation, but I've got no idea how reliable he is. I open a conversation anyhow.

Hallan Turrek > How would you feel about teaming up on a 'cane?
Ascipen > Got a link on the guys name?
Ascipen > or where he's at?
Hallan Turrek > EM Tae
Hallan Turrek > He's here in eifer.
Hallan Turrek > Near one of the four belts.
Hallan Turrek > Checking now.
Hallan Turrek > 4-4 right now.
Hallan Turrek > Get agro and I'll be there
Hallan Turrek > Drones will mess me up
Ascipen > im warping in
Ascipen > go.
Hallan Turrek > warpin'
Hallan Turrek > get point

So I land. The scene is an odd one, neither of the two have drones out. I pull into an orbit of the Hurricane and start firing away. The Thorax does not fair well under the onslaught and is very quickly in a pod. I however, am whole, even after he starts firing. I start fighting a Hurricane that still has about seventy five percent shields. After about a minute however I start to think this may go well for me. I open a chat with the target.

Hallan Turrek > So.
Hallan Turrek > 10 million and I let you go.
Em Tae > lol
Hallan Turrek > Offer's now or never.
Em Tae > never
Hallan Turrek > Good to hear.
Em Tae > srry ,don't ransom
Hallan Turrek > No that's cool.

The fight was obviously kinda repetitive after the first couple of minutes, as I whittled down his armor to about half, my cap finally bottomed out and his assault missiles started to rip out some structure until my Rifter couldn't take any more. I warped the pod out and continued the conversation.

Hallan Turrek > Good fight.
Em Tae > GF
Em Tae > for a frig you gave this a run
Hallan Turrek > Yeah, good fight.
Hallan Turrek > God how long was that?
Hallan Turrek > like 4 minutes?
Em Tae > about

Fortunately I had dropped the loot from my earlier excursions before this fight, and he didn't get much.

You know what though? For a while there I was going toe to toe with a Hurricane in a Rifter. Just goes to show you how great that little ship can be.

Good Day.

4 comments:

  1. Pretty awesome fight, Hallan!!! The Rifter is so much fun to fly.

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  2. HooooRaaaaa! For my favorite ship! Nice one Hall, what I love about you is you shoot anything that moves.

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  3. It's definitely possible to take BCs and BSes on with frigates post QR. I've had a rifter try to nuzzle up to my Harb a few weeks back.. only thing that tends to end it for the frigate is the one to three volleys I manage to land before they acquire their close orbit. Drone flight does the rest.

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  4. Great fight, great write-up! Gogo Rifter!
    I've engaged Hurricanes twice in my Rifter, both of them were noobs who could not get past my shield and had Tech 1 drones.
    Unfortunately, neither could I break their armour so I had to leave after running out of ammo. One of those guys sent me 5 million isk after the engagement saying it had been fun.
    I've also ransomed a Myrmidon once after breaking its tank with my Rifter.

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